Category Archives: 24 Hours of LeMons

Go slow to go fast

Posted on August 26, 2010 by CarRacer

Our race team has encountered our first design question for our car. The Chevette is an economy car, and as such was never meant to be driven at speed. The speedometer only goes up to 80 and the engineer was … Continue reading →

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Doing the dirty deed

Posted on August 25, 2010 by CarRacer

Our race team is continuing to make progress on the Chevette/T1000 endurance racecar. We tackled one of the more undesirable tasks this weekend, gutting the interior. In this car’s case, the interior is pretty trashed after sitting for many years … Continue reading →

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Picking the perfect $500 racecar

Posted on August 20, 2010 by CarRacer

After two 24 hour endurance races and over $750 in gas being used, our racing team has decided to re-asses our decision for what car to campaign. The Buick was a great car to run as an introduction to endurance … Continue reading →

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Build your own $500 Buick racecar

Posted on August 8, 2010 by CarRacer

The 24 Hours of LeMons series is utterly fascinating. The premise of racing $500 cars in an endurance race to win $1500 in nickels seems like it would hold zero appeal to anyone, yet many many people field teams to … Continue reading →

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Ghetto Motorsports Mazda RX-7 wins B.F.E. Grand Prix

Posted on July 13, 2010 by CarRacer

The Ghetto Motorsports race team piloted their Mada RX-7 to the overall lap win in the 24 Hours of Lemons race held at High Plains Raceway in Colorado in Colorado this past weekend. They bested 58 other entries in two … Continue reading →

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